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Yeah the real question is if climate immutability is a human right
by seydor 3y ago
Yeah the real question is if climate immutability is a human right
- adrianN 3y agoThe court might also accept projects to adapt to climate change as „climate action“, but to my knowledge such projects are pursued even less than reducing emissions (for good reason).
- unglaublich 3y agoThat's not at all what this is about. Climate immutability is not a human right, but if something is shown to cause harm, then you might reasonably expect humanity to limit this harm.
- seydor 3y agoWhile the right to life is a human right, safety from all harm isn't
- Martinussen 3y agoDoes that distinction matter when we are talking about something that absolutely causes loss of human life?
- seydor 3y agoHunger causes loss of life, and in order to eradicate hunger people need a lot of stuff (like natural gas for fertilizer) that is environmentally damaging I appreciate the judge here making a stand for something they believe in, but it's not easily defensible
- Ekaros 3y agoAlso in my mind when talking about developing and middle-income nations what level of prosperity is human right? And what level of emissions resulting in climate change is acceptable? As surely denying prosperity is more against human rights than delaying climate change...
- nehal3m 3y agoIf economic prosperity requires humanity to trade it's future away then the economics simply don't work. The economy should serve us, and the direction we choose to go, not the other way around. Yes, I realize I'm arguing against capitalism in some sense and no, that does not imply I'm a communist. I'm just pointing out a fundamental flaw, but I don't have an alternative.
- ben_w 3y agoI'm sure that whatever follows capitalism and communism will be conscious of the idea of a Nash equilibrium and the prisoner's dilemma.